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anetzerzimmer.bsky.social
Congrats to the organizers of the Young Researchers in Archaeometry for a great conference! And thanks so much for inviting me to talk!
Logo of Young Researchers in Archaeometry, consisting of a stylized line graph with the words "YRA 2026: A workshop for ECRs by ECRs"
November 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
dkmunro.bsky.social
The US National Science Foundation is a major funder of economics and archaeology research but in 2026 awarded no new grants in those disciplines.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Down to zero The US National Science Foundation has zeroed out the number of new grants in some programme areas of the social sciences and sharply cut others. Chart shows grants per program. Under each program name, first number is new grants on average 2021-24; second number is new grants 2025; third number is new grants 2026. Archaeology and archaeometry 69.3 56 0 Biological anthropology 21.5 12 1 Economics 74.5 29 0 Sociology 33.8 14 0 Source: Grant Witness; Nature analysis
November 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
oyatsumaster.bsky.social
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Jingwen Guo 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Glass Beads From the Yuezhi Period at Rabat Cemetery, Uzbekistan: Geochemical Evidence for Early Ancient Silk Road Interactions. 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 , Early View. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Glass Beads From the Yuezhi Period at Rabat Cemetery, Uzbekistan: Geochemical Evidence for Early Ancient Silk Road Interactions
This study employs LA-ICP-MS to analyze 19 glass beads from the Yuezhi-period Rabat Cemetery (2nd century bce–1st century ce) in Northern Bactria, Uzbekistan. Natron, plant ash, potash glass, and one...
doi.org
October 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
pollutedpast-erc.bsky.social
Today it's 2nd session of the VIII Galician Archaeometry Symposium organized by @ecopast.bsky.social .
Several members of our project presenting their work on peatlands, paleoenvironments, megalithic funerary landscapes, and pottery from the Final Neolithic in Galicia.
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@cretus.usc.gal
October 23, 2026 at 9:04 AM
ecopast.bsky.social
Today it's 2nd session of the VIII Galician Archaeometry Symposium organized by our group.
In the first part of the session the discussion will cover peatlands, paleoenvironments, megalithic funerary landscapes, and pottery from the Final Neolithic in Galicia.
@facultadeXH
@cretus_usc
@CISPAC_gal
October 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
sethchagi.bsky.social
Most Neanderthal news is either sensationalized clickbait or locked behind high paywalls.

I’m taking digital archaeometry into the field to document Pleistocene mark-making firsthand—no sponsors, no hype.

Back the 2027 fieldwork fund:
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Help Support the Upcoming 2027 Field, and Research Season! Independent SciComm is critical to spreading knowledge, wisdom, and new discoveries of our Deep Past!
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October 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM
pollutedpast-erc.bsky.social
Members of our project are participating today in the Galician Archaeometry Symposium that taking place this month at the @facultadexh.bsky.social.
The topics will include archaeology, past pollution, metal pollution, forensic archaeology, ...
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Las VIII Jornadas de Arqueometría en Galicia organizadas por el grupo Ecopast, perteneciente al @cretus.usc.gal y @cispac.bsky.social, se celebran este mes en @facultadexh.bsky.social.
Se presentarán los avances de la investigación del grupo al alumnado.
Las primeras presentación comienzan hoy.
October 16, 2026 at 8:13 AM
archaeologycentre.bsky.social
The Archaeology Centre welcomes Dr. Brandi L. MacDonald (Assistant Professor at the Archaeometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry at the University of Missouri Research Reactor) for a talk titled: 
"Ochre and Rock Art Landscapes of Eswatini".
October 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
oyatsumaster.bsky.social
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Francisco J. Núñez Calvo 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Ceramic Raw Materials and Technological Choices in Iron Age Tyre (Lebanon): A Multiproxy, Fabric-Based Approach. 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦, Early View. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Ceramic Raw Materials and Technological Choices in Iron Age Tyre (Lebanon): A Multiproxy, Fabric‐Based Approach
This study presents a systematically integrated, multiproxy characterisation of Iron Age ceramics from Tyre (Lebanon). Ninety-nine ceramic samples from stratified Iron Age contexts on Tyre's Acropoli...
doi.org
October 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
archaeologycentre.bsky.social
The Archaeology Centre welcomes Dr. Brandi L. MacDonald (Assistant Professor at the Archaeometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry at the University of Missouri Research Reactor) for a talk titled: 
"Ochre and Rock Art Landscapes of Eswatini".
October 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
religionprof.bsky.social
Milestones: Yuval Goren (1956–2026) www.biblicalarchaeology.org/milestones/y...
Milestones: Yuval Goren (1956–2026)
Yuval Goren, a professor of archaeology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, was a pioneer in the fields of archaeometry and microarchaeological research. Bor
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October 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
debcha.bsky.social
How could I forget archaeometry, and Prof. Ursula Franklin using metallurgical techniques to show that the silver content in Roman coins starting falling before there was textual evidence of the empire’s decline? [iirc — a decades-ago seminar!] The history/engineering crossover is vast.
September 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
oyatsumaster.bsky.social
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Yan Xue 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Bronze Age Fire Offering Rituals in the Chengdu Plain: Archaeobotanical Evidence From the Ashy Layer of Pit No. 4 in Sanxingdui's Sacrificial Area. 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦, Early View. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Bronze Age Fire Offering Rituals in the Chengdu Plain: Archaeobotanical Evidence From the Ashy Layer of Pit No. 4 in Sanxingdui's Sacrificial Area
The ash layer of Pit No. 4 at Sanxingdui offers a rare field case for investigating fuel-related behaviors in Liao sacrifice during the late Shang period. Analyses of charcoal, seeds, and phytoliths ...
doi.org
September 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
admirablewomen.bsky.social
Physicist Dr. Ursula Franklin helped invent archaeometry--the application of materials science to analyze archaeological artifacts.

She used modern physics tools to date/determine the compositions of ancient metals & ceramics to uncover how ancient peoples lived/worked. Born #OTD 1921. #WomenInSTEM
A charming photograph of Dr. Ursula Franklin (1921–2016), the pioneering Canadian experimental physicist, metallurgist, and humanitarian activist. She is positioned slightly off-center against a minimalist, solid slate-blue backdrop. Captured from the chest up, she looks off-camera to the right with a bright, genuine smile that showcases her warmth and sharp intellect. Her short, styled silver-grey hair frames her face, and she wears thin-framed, amber-toned glasses. She is dressed in a crisp, purple-and-white vertically striped button-down shirt. Around her neck hangs a delicate silver chain supporting a striking teardrop-shaped pendant featuring a vibrant orange-red stone or amber setting. The lighting is soft and even, accentuating the fine lines of a long, accomplished life. The clean, professional composition evokes a mood of joyful wisdom, deep dignity, and enduring historical significance, celebrating a legendary woman in STEM.
September 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM
robertmason.bsky.social
In the next part of the process to make the Serce Liman pottery thin-sections the "excess" sample in its resin casing is cut off from the slide using a high precision saw (more in ALT).

#ArchaeologyofStuff #CeramicPetrography 🏺⛏️ #Ceramics #CeramicPetrology #Archaeology #Archaeometry
The "excess" pottery in its resin casing is cut off from the slide using a high precision saw The slide is then numbered with the unique number of the object being sampled. "GW" stands for "Glass Wreck", the specific wreck found at Serce Liman (there were several others!) The slides are now ready to have the sample ground down to three microns thickness. The "surplus" pottery will then be renumbered, if the number was lost in the processing, and stored in the numbered bag it arrived in. If something goes wrong in the final stage, or if it is otherwise desirable, the block will be used to make another thin-section.
September 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
ordofibonacci.bsky.social
Modern mineralogy and ancient pots: The archaeometry of ceramics
Mineralogical Society of America
youtu.be/Kv9mK7bKxWU?...
Modern mineralogy and ancient pots: The archaeometry of ceramics
YouTube video by Mineralogical Society of America
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September 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
higherjobz.bsky.social
CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeometry – CNRS, France
Archaeometry | Chronological modelling | Dating

Research the construction phases of Notre-Dame de Paris using an integrated chronological modelling approach

🔗 higherjobz.com/slug-cnrs-po...

#Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Archaeology #Postdoc
CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeometry, France
CNRS offers a 16-month postdoctoral position in archaeometry and chronological modelling in France for PhD researchers.
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September 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
oyatsumaster.bsky.social
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Liangliang Hou 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Exploring the Process of Agriculturalization in the Pingcheng Period (398–494 ce) by Isotopic Analysis of Human Remains From the Yongtainanlu and Shanghuaju Northern Wei Cemeteries. 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦, Early View. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Exploring the Process of Agriculturalization in the Pingcheng Period (398–494 <sc>ce</sc>) by Isotopic Analysis of Human Remains From the Yongtainanlu and Shanghuaju Northern Wei Cemeteries
Around 398 ce, the Tuoba Xianbei拓跋鮮卑 established their capital at Pingcheng (now Datong city), where they experienced rapid population growth and a sudden increase in demographic complexity, accompan...
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September 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
archaechemis.bsky.social
Congratulations to our Giulia, Andreu, Pepe, Aitana, Carmen! Last week,at Young Researchers in Archaeology Conference #JIA2026, they shared their research,organised anthropology and pXRF workshops,and a session on archaeometry and diagnostics. Proud of our team! @ucciuv.bsky.social @uv.es @unibo.it
September 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
robertmason.bsky.social
Busy week at the ROM! I took the impregnated Serce Liman samples out of the cups, cut off the excess resin, ground the sample flat, then glued glass slides to the sample!

#ArchaeologyofStuff #CeramicPetrography 🏺⛏️ #Ceramics #CeramicPetrology #Archaeology #Archaeometry
September 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
tenuretracker.bsky.social
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique is hiring:
Post-doc in Archaeometry - Chronology Modelling

#postdoc #archsky #histsky
August 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
sciencechinapress.bsky.social
A recent study reconstructed 4,000 years of dietary evolution in the central-eastern Eurasian Steppe from the Bronze Age to the Tang Dynasty, revealing synchronized dietary shifts across multiple regions :
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

#EarthSciences #Archaeometry
August 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
robertmason.bsky.social
At the ROM this week I set the pottery samples from Serce Liman in epoxy resin before making them into thin-sections. (more in ALT).

#ArchaeologyofStuff #CeramicPetrography 🏺⛏️ #Ceramics #CeramicPetrology #Archaeology #Archaeometry
Pottery samples from Serce Liman in epoxy resin in anticipation of turning them into thin-sections. They are put under vacuum for a few minutes to suck the air out, and then the vacuum is released to impregnate the ceramic with the resin as much as possible, This makes it less problematic in making a thin-section out of the friable ceramic. I was nervous about mixing up the samples with their numbers, so I gave each sample it's own cup! Pottery samples from Serce Liman in epoxy resin in anticipation of turning them into thin-sections. They are put under vacuum for a few minutes to suck the air out, and then the vacuum is released to impregnate the ceramic with the resin as much as possible, This makes it less problematic in making a thin-section out of the friable ceramic. I was nervous about mixing up the samples with their numbers, so I gave each sample it's own cup!
August 20, 2026 at 10:51 AM
archaechemis.bsky.social
CALL FOR PAPERS! Our Giulia and Andreu organise two sessions on Archaeometry and Anthropology at #JIA2026 conference in Valencia, you're invited to submit your works to partecipate with oral communications or posters. A workshop on pXRF is being also organised. @uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social
May 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
archaechemis.bsky.social
Three days of dissemination on #Archaeometry and #HeritageScience at #Metroarchaeo2025 in Bergamo. A special thanks to our colleagues from University of Cagliari for the help given in the organisational tasks of our special session on ancient building materials study! @ucciuv.bsky.social @uv.es
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM